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• Keywords/Subject: Enoch; Book of Enoch; Pseudepigrapha; Apocrypha; Ethiopian Enoch; 1 Enoch; Richard Laurence; Oxford Bodleian; Biblical Apocrypha; Ethiopic Version; Messianic Prophecy; Son of Man; Leviathan and Behemoth; Dream Visions; Animal Apocalypse; Apocalypse of Weeks.

• Media Type: texts

• Language: English

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An excerpt of the historic 1821 English translation of the Book of Enoch (Chapters 41–89) by Archbishop Richard Laurence, based on the Ethiopic manuscript found in the Bodleian Library. This section features profound apocalyptic discourses, including the astronomical secrets revealed by the angel Uriel, the mysteries of the Son of Man, and the symbolic "Animal Apocalypse" vision detailing biblical history from Adam through the Maccabean era.

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This upload contains pages 47 through 141 (Chapters XLII to LXXXIX) of the monumental translation of the Book of Enoch by Richard Laurence, LL.D., Archbishop of Cashel. Originally translated into English from an Ethiopic manuscript preserved in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, this text represents a pivotal document in pseudepigraphal and early apocalyptic literature.

Key Sections Included in this Text:

• The Similitudes of Enoch (Chapters 42–70): Deeply complex theological discourses concerning the "Lord of Spirits," the pre-existence of the "Son of Man" (the Elect One), the heavenly dwellings of Wisdom, and the judgment of the kings and the mighty. It also describes the splitting of the primordial monsters, Leviathan and Behemoth.

• The Book of the Revolutions of the Luminaries of Heaven (Chapters 71–81): A detailed, ancient astronomical treatise where the angel Uriel explains the paths of the sun, moon, and stars, utilizing a system of gates and specific mathematical proportions of light.

• The Dream Visions / The Animal Apocalypse (Chapters 82–89): Enoch’s prophetic visions related to his son Methuselah prior to his marriage. This includes the highly allegorical "Animal Apocalypse," which traces human and Israelite history from Adam, Noah's flood, Abraham, and Moses (depicted as white bulls and sheep) down through the oppression by the Egyptians and Philistines (wolves and dogs), the Babylonian captivity, and subsequent geopolitical conflicts represented by various wild beasts and birds of prey.

This text is indispensable for scholars of biblical studies, early Judaism, Christian origins, and ancient Near Eastern cosmology.

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